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MIANLOVE- BUTLER, 07F vennen, INDIANA;

' Letters Patent No.r7{1,887, dated February-25, 1868.

IMPROVBD ANIMAL-TRAP.

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TO ALL WHOMVIT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, MANLOVE BUTLER, of Vernon, `in the county of Jennings, and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in lAnimal-Traps and I do hereby declare that the'following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,'r eference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in whichi Figure 1 is a perspective view.

Figure 2 is a vertical section on the ,line z :u and Figure 3a vertical section ofthe inner door.

The same letters are employed in all the gnres in the indication of the sameparts.

My invention 4consists in a new` arrangement of an'animal-trnp, in which the animal falls from'an oscillatingwheel, maintained in the same position by a weight attached to o'ne of its wings, into a chamber, where it is conned, and from which it cannot escape.

The following description will enable one skilled in Athe art to construct my improved trap. i

A isV the case of thetrap, divided into two compartments an intermediate partition. The smaller and front compartment is closed by bars B, the animal entering the larger compartment, `into which he will be attracted bythe apparent possibility of escaping through an inclined door, C, pivoted to the side of-an opening through the partition,so that an animal pushing against it, it will easily'be raised, so as to permit its passage Vinto the small compartment, and falling when it ,has passed, prevent its return. The larger `compartment is openvabov'e, except as it is closed by the wings oi' an oscillating-wheel, D, the shaft of which turns on`journafls secured to the sides of the case. One wing, D', of this wheel is made thicker than the others, or weighted so as to always hold the wheel inthe same position when at rest. The bait being attached to the verticalupper wing, or to the top of one of the horizontal ones,ethe animal enticedthereby,jumping on to the horizontal wings, its weight will cause the wheel to revolve enough 4to cause the animal .to fall into the bottom ofthe compartment under the wheel. As soon as its weight is taken from the ning, the wheel will b e brought back toits original position, by the weight of the loaded wing D. As this is effected withontuoise, nothing occurs toalarm -other animals on the outside of the trap, and the trap is instantly reset.

What I claim as my invention,.anddesire to'secure by Letters Patent, is

An animal-trap, constructed with the parts A A', B, C, and D, arranged as described, the oscillating-wheel D being constructed with one loaded wing D', so as to act by gravity only, substantially in-the manner setforth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

m y MANLOVE BUTLER.

V Witnesses:

BENJ; C. BAKER, JAMns M. HILL. 

